The St. Mary’s National Health Service Trust (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) Order 2004
Citation, commencement and interpretation1.
(1)
This Order may be cited as the St. Mary’s National Health Service Trust (Trust Funds: Appointment of Trustees) Order 2004 and shall come into force on the day after it is made.
(2)
In this Order—
“the Act” means the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990;
Appointment of trustees2.
(1)
The Secretary of State shall appoint trustees for the Trust for the purposes of exercising functions described in section 11(1) of the Act (trust funds and trustees of NHS trusts) in relation to the Trust.
(2)
The appointment of any such trustee shall be for such a period, not exceeding 4 years, as the Secretary of State may specify on making the appointment.
Termination and suspension of appointment3.
Where the Secretary of State is of the opinion that it is not in the interests of the Trust, the health service or the administration of any trust funds that a trustee for the Trust should continue to hold that office, he may forthwith terminate the tenure of office and, pending his decision, may suspend any such trustee from such office.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
This Order provides for the Secretary of State for Health to appoint trustees for the St. Mary’s National Health Service Trust. Under section 11(1) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 such trustees have power to accept, hold and administer trust property for the purposes of the National Health Service trust for which they are appointed or for any other purpose relating to the National health Service.